Ironing board



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. WILCOX, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

IRONINGIBO/ARD;

Specification of Letters Patent. Pate t 14, 1922 Application filed January 26, 1321. Serial No. 439,951.

To all whom 2'15 mag/concern:

0% which the following is a specification. My invention relates to improvements in ironing boards, and has for its principal object to provide an lroning board equipped with means whereby it may be clamped uponv and held functionally in spaced relation from the top of a table or the like so that clothes may be ironed thereon.

it is also an object of the invention to provide a holding or clamping device of the above character that is detachable from the board and which is provided with a protected stand portion whereupon hot irons may be placed when the board is in use.

Other objects of the invention reside in the construction of the board in such manner that it will receive the holding device, and in the manner of constructing and applying the latter to the board.

In accomplishing theseand other objects of the invention, l have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Wherein Figure l is a side view of an ironing board and its holding device constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the device in "functional position for holding the board upon a table."

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Figure 8 is a detail perspective view of the board and holding device removed therefrom.

Referring more in detail to the drawings l designates an ironing board which may be of the usual shape and construction and provided centrally at a point adjacent the end of its larger portion with a longitudinally directed slot 2 as shown in Figure 3, and on its under side at this end, with two transverse bars 3 and 4, the bar 3 being adjacent the end of the board to strengthen the latter and the bar 4 being spaced at some distance from the opposite end of the slot, and is fixed hingedly to the board so that at such times when not serving as a support it may be folded, toward the slot, against the board to be out of the way.

The holding device embodying the principal part oi the present invention comirises a head portion 6 provided at one side with a laterally extending arm 7 and on its under side with a hook portion '8 forming a notch 9 opening in the direction of the extension of the arm. When the device is applieu to the board for use, the arm is extended downwardly through the slot 2 and then turned in such manner as to underlie and support the board thereon from the top 10 of a table, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, with the hook portion 8 projecting beneath the edge of the table so that pressure on the free end'of the board will not cause it to tilt.

Located in the face of the bar 4 adjacent the slot 2 and alining with the latter is a notch 12 adapted to receive the end of the arm 7 therein so that the holding device is held substantially rigid.

The head portion 6 is of such width that it will fill the slot 2 and is provided at the end opposite the edge from which the arm 7 extends with a shoulder 15 adapted to engage the top of the board to limit the inward movement of the head and to hold the board rigidly thereon. The edge of the head, from adjacent the shoulder downward, curved radially about the vertical edge opposite the shoulder so that it may be placed easily in or removed from position.

Fixed upon the head is a horizontal plate 16 which may be covered with an asbestos sheet 17, or the like, so that when one is working he may place the iron upon the stand thus provided.

Such a device, itis apparent, can be used to effectively support an ironing board upon table or stanthand will hold the latter spaced at such distance from the top of the table that clothes can be drawn under the board.

It will be noted also that the device will hold the board perfectly rigid during use and will also provide a convenient stand upon which the hot irons may be placed without danger.

When not in use the device can be readily removed that, with the board it may be stored in a small space.

"Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. The combination with an ironing board having a longitudinally directed slot in one end thereof and a transverse supporting bar fixed thereto of a holding device extend v able downwardly within said slot into locked relation with the board and havlnga horizontal notch therein for recelving the edge of a table or the like whereon the board is board and having a horizontally directed arm extending beneath the board into locked relation with the cross bar; said head having a horizontal notch beneath said arm to receive the edge of a table or the like whereon the arm is supported and cooperatingwith said cross bar in holding the board rigid.

The combination with an ironing board having a longitudinally directed slot in one end thereof and a cross bar fixed thereto between said slot and opposite end of said board having a notch therein 1n ahn'ement with said slot, of a removable holding device comprising a head-portion adapted to be extended downwardly within said slot, provided at one edge with a shoulder for engaging the board to limit the inward movement of the head, and at its opposite edge having a laterally directed arm for underlying the board and adapted at its outer end to be extended into saidbar notch; said head being curved radially from the shoulder downwardly and in the direction of the arm and forming a hook portion extending in the direction of the arm and providing a notch between the two for receiving the edge of a table or the like whereon the board is mounted to retain the board substantially rigid. V

Signed atv Seattle, Vashington this 21st day of January, 1921.

JOHN L. WILCOX, 

